The Third Sign-in

Facing the three of them who were eyeing him like tigers, Li Yilin moved his fingers slightly, lowered his head, and cast his gaze toward the void beneath him. He said respectfully, "Replying to Lord Lance, due to some fortuitous encounters, my gene level has improved significantly, and I also obtained a precious secret technique. It is thanks to the amplification from both my genes and the secret technique that I was able to hold out until you arrived."

He decided to tell the truth after all.

"Those purple lights and even the dragon roars were all due to the secret technique."

"A secret technique?" Upon hearing this, a flash of disappointment crossed the eyes of Lord Guden.

If it were merely a secret technique, then it would be of no help to his bloodline purification.

He thought this, and naturally, Lord Lance thought the same, so he immediately considered giving up.

Lord Luojia, however, seemed to enjoy the spectacle and interjected, "What kind of secret technique? A Body Amplitude Secret Technique?"

Li Yilin hesitated for a moment, but chose not to hide it, slowly nodding.

Hmm?

The three, who had been somewhat disappointed, suddenly became interested again. Lord Guden leaned in closer, placed a hand on Li Yilin's shoulder, and looking at the top of his head, asked softly, "Little brother, are you interested in sharing a bit about this secret technique?"

"Don't worry, I won't let you suffer a loss; I'll pay for it."

He still hadn't forgotten that voice; even if it were only a sliver of hope, he didn't want to miss it.

A look of difficulty appeared on Li Yilin's face. He glanced at Lord Lance and Lord Luojia, then finally settled his gaze on Lord Guden and said, "Lord Guden, it is not that I am unwilling to share, but the secret technique I obtained is somewhat special."

"Special?" Lord Guden crossed his arms and squinted. "Don't tell me it requires a specific bloodline or lineage to cultivate?" Such things did exist, for instance, the Starry Sky Behemoth, the royal families of the Monster Race... even the inheritance techniques of special life forms could only be cultivated by those possessing the soul or body of that specific race.

Li Yilin's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly, "Lord Guden, you are absolutely right. It is exactly that kind of requirement."

Lord Guden: ...

Lord Luojia: ...

Lord Lance: ...

"Hahaha!" Lord Luojia clutched his stomach, laughing, and pointed at Lord Guden, "He's playing you for a fool."

"Heh." Lord Guden was also amused to the point of anger. "Kid, I've been speaking to you nicely, and you're playing me for a fool, aren't you?"

He grabbed Li Yilin by the collar and pulled him close, staring into his eyes. "Do you have some special bloodline or inherited lineage that allows you to encounter a fortuitous opportunity that just happens to be usable only by you?"

Li Yilin widened his eyes, wanting to explain, but Lord Guden had no intention of listening and pushed him away with a slight force.

Just as Lord Guden was about to teach Li Yilin a lesson, Lord Luojia called out to stop him.

"Guden."

Guden stopped his movements and looked at him.

Lord Luojia shook the Smart Optical Computer on his arm and glanced at Li Yilin.

Lord Guden's eyes narrowed, and his gaze toward Li Yilin fell into deep thought.

"Guden." Lance also spoke up.

Lord Guden took a long look at Li Yilin, scanned the area, and having no intention of collecting the spoils, left behind a "Take care of yourself!" before abandoning his two friends and boarding the spaceship first.

"Guden's personality is quite direct; I hope you don't take it to heart. This is for your trouble." Lord Lance glanced at Lord Guden, offered an explanation, tossed a World Ring to Li Yilin, and then followed closely onto the spaceship.

Lord Luojia, however, looked at the scene with reluctance. He turned, flashed to the distance, and stored the gray E-grade spaceship into his ring. When he passed by the corpse of Bertin.

He thought for a moment, couldn't help himself, and gathered the corpse along with the precious items that had clearly burst out from his internal world into his ring. Only then did he finish, satisfied, and board the spaceship.

Inside the ship, seeing that he hadn't boarded for a long time, Lord Guden couldn't help but poke his head out. Sure enough, he saw him collecting items and shouted irritably, "Luojia, what are you doing?"

"What's the point of collecting that trash?"

"Can you raise your standards? Don't just take everything; it's embarrassing for me and Lance!"

"What do you know? This was our loot to begin with; it's rightfully ours, so what's wrong with taking it?" Having just finished and preparing to board, Lord Luojia retorted, feeling very unconvinced.

"You're rich and don't care, but I do," he said, squeezing past Guden to board the ship.

"You have to squeeze me when the hatch is this big? I'll kill you!" Guden glared in anger and raised his hand, lashing out with a vine.

Luojia dodged the whip with a flash, looked down at the spaceship lying quietly in his World Ring, and smiled until his eyes narrowed. "What a good ship; it's worth at least a few Hunyuan Units. Giving it to that kid would have been a waste."

That kid didn't look like he was short on money.

Unlike him, who was dirt poor!

"I'm not going out with you next time. I'm embarrassed to introduce you to others; it's too shameful!" Lord Guden rolled his eyes, retracted his whip, and walked toward the control room.

"You only say that after you've used me. Every time something happens, you're the one looking for me and Lance."

"Next time I'll look for Lance, not you."

"And then Lance will call me, right?"

Watching his two friends bicker, Lance remained expressionless, but his relaxed brow and the slight curve of his lips already indicated his pleasant mood at the moment.

The hatch closed, the spaceship slowly accelerated, and it soon entered the Dark Universe, disappearing into the distance.

"Phew—"

Watching the scene suddenly fall silent, the tension in Li Yilin's heart finally eased a little.

He swept a glance over the area, not bothering to pick up the remaining items, and brought out a new spaceship.

He had three Grade E spaceships in total, though it was a pity one had just been damaged.

The spaceship accelerated, entering the Dark Universe.

Only at this moment did Li Yilin truly relax.

He looked at the system panel, the corners of his mouth slowly curling up until he finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! Heaven truly hasn't forsaken me!"

Having just escaped death, the system check-in had refreshed.

Two check-ins had already granted him two sets of secret techniques and the life-saving secret technique—Clone; could the third check-in be any worse?

Controlling his consciousness to tap the word "Check-in," the system panel flickered, and three golden lucky bags appeared once more. He continued to tap to claim them.

A purple orb of light appeared out of thin air, and in the center of the orb was a drop of purple blood about the size of an eye. The moment the blood appeared, strange phenomena erupted, and waves of clear dragon roars echoed through the control room.

[1% Thunder Dragon Bloodline ×1.]

"Thunder Dragon Bloodline?" Li Yilin's eyes lit up. Without hesitation, he controlled the Thunder Dragon blood to drift toward the left side of his chest, merging it with the original drop of blood within his heart.

Integrating bloodline into the body was not an easy task. The moment that drop of blood touched his skin, a piercing pain that drilled into his bone marrow instantly spread throughout Li Yilin's entire body.

"Urgh!" The sudden, extreme agony nearly caused Li Yilin to faint. The stinging pain that reached deep into his soul made his muscles twitch uncontrollably, and his heart pounded violently as if it were about to leap out of his chest, his blood flow accelerating rapidly.

"Ah!"

He gritted his teeth, the force causing large patches of veins to spread from his neck all the way across his forehead. Large beads of sweat soaked his body, even dripping onto the floor and splashing into tiny droplets.

"Ugh-ah—"

Li Yilin threw his head back, letting out a desperate low growl like a trapped beast.

He felt a scorching, overbearing power within his body start from his heart and instantly surge into every corner of his meridians. Wherever the power flowed, it felt as if countless steel needles were being driven deep into every inch of his flesh, and where the needles pierced, boiling magma flowed wantonly, as if it were about to melt and destroy him.

It was too painful!

It was truly too painful!

Sweat fell like beads from a broken string, soaking his clothes and saturating the metal floor. His muscles twitched uncontrollably, every inch of him enduring indescribable torture.

"Hold on!"

Li Yilin suddenly lowered his head, curling up on the floor. Through his skin and flesh, one could see his bones, muscles, and internal organs undergoing frantic changes.

Every time the blood circulated, it carried waves of heat to his limbs and bones; this heat was the reaction of the Thunder Dragon blood's power remodeling his body.

Wherever the blood flowed, his bones, muscles, and internal organs were changing wildly. Cells were rapidly dividing and reorganizing, each division driving subtle changes at the genetic level...

If the transformation were completed, it would make his muscles firmer and his bones harder and stronger!

This was a change at the genetic level; he could not escape it, and even if he wanted to avoid it by fainting, he couldn't.

To gain power, one must endure the necessary torture!